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Localisation of the applause sign in a patient with acute bilateral lenticular infarction

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  1. Dublin Neurological Institute, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland

    Richard A. Walsh & Tim Lynch

  2. Department of Medicine for the Older Person, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland

    Joe Duggan

  3. Dublin Academic Medical Centre, Dublin, Ireland

    Richard A. Walsh, Joe Duggan & Tim Lynch

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Walsh, R.A., Duggan, J. & Lynch, T. Localisation of the applause sign in a patient with acute bilateral lenticular infarction. J Neurol 258, 1180–1182 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-5904-5

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